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14-letter words containing b, a, l, o, p, t

  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • ibm compatible — (computer)   A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • non-reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • nonpredictable — Not predictable.
  • obedient plant — false dragonhead.
  • occipital bone — a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
  • occipital lobe — the most posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, behind the parietal and temporal lobes.
  • palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
  • paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
  • particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
  • pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
  • penalty double — business double.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • placebo effect — a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
  • platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • polarizability — to cause polarization in.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
  • streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
  • sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
  • supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
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